Tuesday, March 15, 2011

24th Cycle Tour of Morocco



The 24th cycle tour of Morocco will take place March 25 to April 3. So far seventeen teams from Africa and Europe have confirmed that they will participate.

Morocco has decided to field four national teams. To prepare for this important event, 29 riders are training at the training centre Tahannaout in Marrakech. They will continue to do so until March 19.

5 comments:

MichaelYoung said...

Can give a bit more please, It is not on the offical international cycling calender. What is the route of the race, does it come to Fez. What teams are taking part, any big names?

Anonymous said...

I would also like to know more about this tour. Sandy,any chance of some more info. Is it coming to Fez?

The View From Fez said...

Thanks for the interest. We are trying to get the route map.

Anonymous said...

Sandy, that would be great, and if you could get the list of teams participating and if there are any famous cyclists coming.

The View from Fez said...

Well, as a start, here are the names of the Moroccan riders: Adil Jelloul, Mouhssine Lahsaini, Tarik Chaoufi, Abdelati Saadoune, Mohammed Saïd El Ammoury, Adnane Aarbia, Ismail Ayoune, Soufiane Haddi, Lahcen Saber, Mouhcine Ichou, Mohamed El Ghoumari, Yassine Ait El Attar, Ahmed Lhanafi, Farouk El Mohammadi, Hicham Kabou, Marouane Aait Oufkir, Ahmed Oulkob, Youssef Radi, Youssef Harrouch Tourkia, Essaid Abelouache, Reda Aadel, Karim El Ofir, Badr Iferd, Mohamed Haror, Abdellah Hida, Youssef Boundi, Hassan Zahboune, Ohtmane El Afi, Yassine Doublal.